CVE-2025-48957: Astrbot Path Traversal Vulnerability
HIGHCVE-2025-48957 is a HIGH (CVSS 7.5) path traversal vulnerability (CWE-23: Relative Path Traversal) affecting Astrbot libraries in the PyPI ecosystem. The issue involves astrbot has path traversal vulnerability in /api/chat/get_file. Remediation is available by upgrading affected packages to version 3.5.13.
CVE-2025-48957 at a Glance
Security Impact
CVSS: 7.5
The security impact metrics below are parsed directly from the CVSS v3.1 vector string (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N).
How to Fix CVE-2025-48957
To remediate this vulnerability, upgrade all affected Astrbot dependencies to a patched release. Both direct and transitive dependencies should be checked, as frameworks or security libraries may pull in vulnerable versions transitively.
pip install astrbot>=3.5.13Run the following command in your project directory to verify that all resolved dependencies use the patched release:
pip show astrbotHow to Check if You Are Affected
To determine whether your Python environment is affected by CVE-2025-48957, inspect your installed packages using pip:
pip show astrbotAnalyze the terminal output to locate any version of Astrbot in your dependency tree. If any resolved version matches the vulnerable ranges listed in the table below (for example, versions earlier than 3.5.13), your application is affected.
Note: The pip show astrbot command checks currently installed packages in your active Python environment.
Technical Details
Vulnerability Mechanism & Technical Analysis
This vulnerability is classified under CWE-23: Relative Path Traversal, where the product uses external input to construct a pathname that should be within a restricted directory, but it does not properly neutralize sequences such as ".." that can resolve to a location that is outside of that directory. In Astrbot, software state validation or input boundaries are circumvented during processing. Review the official source advisory statement below for specific affected components, classes, and reproduction details.
Source Advisory Statement
CVE-2025-48957 Affected Astrbot Versions
1 component(s)| Product / Package | Ecosystem | Affected Versions | Fixed Version |
|---|---|---|---|
|
astrbot
|
PyPI |
≥ 3.4.4
< 3.5.13
|
3.5.13
|
References
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Machine-readable OSV JSON
OSV v1.5 Schema
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"schema_version" : "1.4.0",
"id" : "GHSA-cq37-g2qp-3c2p",
"modified" : "2025-06-27T22:09:44Z",
"published" : "2025-06-04T23:54:35Z",
"aliases" : [ "CVE-2025-48957" ],
"summary" : "AstrBot Has Path Traversal Vulnerability in /api/chat/get_file",
"details" : "### Impact\n\nThis vulnerability may lead to:\n\n* Information disclosure, such as API keys for LLM providers, account passwords, and other sensitive data.\n\n### Reproduce\n\nFollow these steps to set up a test environment for reproducing the vulnerability:\n\n1. Install dependencies and clone the repository:\n\n ```bash\n pip install uv\n git clone https://github.com/AstrBotDevs/AstrBot && cd AstrBot\n uv run main.py\n ```\n\n2. Alternatively, deploy the program via pip:\n\n ```bash\n mkdir astrbot && cd astrbot\n uvx astrbot init\n uvx astrbot run\n ```\n\n3. In another terminal, run the following command to exploit the vulnerability:\n\n ```bash\n curl -L http://0.0.0.0:6185/api/chat/get_file?filename=../../../data/cmd_config.json\n ```\n\nThis request will read the `cmd_config.json` config file, leading to the leakage of sensitive data such as LLM API keys, usernames, and password hashes (MD5).\n\n### Patches\n\nThe vulnerability has been addressed in [Pull Request #1676](https://github.com/AstrBotDevs/AstrBot/pull/1676) and is included in versions >= v3.5.13. All users are strongly encouraged to upgrade to v3.5.13 or later.\n\n### Workarounds\nUsers can edit the cmd_config.json file to disable the dashboard feature as a temporary workaround. However, it is strongly recommended to upgrade to version v3.5.13 or later as soon as possible to fully resolve this issue.\n\n### References\n\n* [Pull Request #1676](https://github.com/AstrBotDevs/AstrBot/pull/1676)\n* [Issue #1675](https://github.com/AstrBotDevs/AstrBot/issues/1675)",
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